No, I have not abandoned the bloggerhood. I have been consumed with family visits and some other things, only I can't remember what they are. My mother and her husband visited from Phoenix. They got a condo in Park City and we all went up and stayed there. It was much cooler and this visit was the best yet to PC, I think because I went for a run each day on the Rail Trail. Despite how great PC is, it is also terribly depressing. Evidence: art galleries. There are too many on Main Street and what they sell can only loosely be called "art." I'd call it western kitch or it-will-match-your-color-scheme. We did find one cool gallery, Coda, with amazing paintings and some cool handmade furniture and interesting metal work. In my opinion, it was the only art there.
The other depressing thing about PC is the incredible development. We drove up to Guardsman Pass (?), and there is so much building going on up there, it made me sick. Tons of houses. PC is going to become just like Estes Park or Aspen or Sun Valley. It will be killed by too much development and then the reason it was so interesting in the first place will cease to exist and what will be left? Lots of fancy hotels and resorts and condos for people who don't really like the outdoors (because they've destroyed it with their Hummers and "cabins"), but who like to look at "nature" from their million dollar decks. But soon they will just be looking at other million dollar decks. sigh.
So that's my rant for the day.
We're off to Island Park for a few days to stay with my dad and his wife. My sister will be in from Michigan with her two kids. Son is very excited about playing catch with lone boy cousin. Much bonding will happen, I'm sure, especially over Smores.
3 comments:
Oh, that news about the development up around Guardman's is just sad. Erik doesn't even like to visit Park City anymore. But once it was so good. I still love Main Street and the little one-room houses that now sell for a million dollars. Very rant-worthy. Especially for those of us looking to escape the heat......
Just back from Island Park last night--I left it in pretty good shape, so I hope you have a good time.
It's good to rant about too much development. I was just in SE Utah, and was disappointed to see the continuing development around Wilson Arch. It's just a roadside arch, so not pristine by any means, but I'd rather have it isolated than surrounded by a resort community. I knew the development was going to happen, but it's depressing to see it actually occur.
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